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The President of Finland is the Head of State of Finland. Under the Constitution of Finland, executive power is vested in the President and the government, with the President possessing extensive powers. The President is elected directly by the people for a term of six years. Since 1991, no President may be elected for more than two consecutive terms. The President must be a native-born Finnish citizen. The office was established by the Constitution Act of 1919. The current office-holder is President Tarja Halonen.

List of Presidents of Finland

#	Image	Name	Born-died	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Notes
1.	File:KJ-Stahlberg.gif	Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg	1865-1952	July 27, 1919	March 1, 1925	National Progressive Party (ED)	Chairman of the Parliament in 1914-1917, elected President by the Parliament in 1919
2.		Lauri Kristian Relander	1883-1942	March 1, 1925	March 1, 1931	Agrarian League (ML) (later re-named Centre Party (KESK))	Chairman of the Parliament in 1919-1920, elected President by Electoral college in 1925
3.		Pehr Evind Svinhufvud	1861-1944	March 1, 1931	March 1, 1937	National Coalition Party (KOK)	Chairman of the Parliament in 1907-1912, Regent (Interim Head of State) of Finland in 1918; Prime Minister in 1917-1918 and 1930-1931, elected President by Electoral college in 1931
4.		Kyösti Kallio	1873-1940	March 1, 1937	19 December, 1940	Agrarian League (ML)	Chairman of the Parliament in 1920-1921, 1922, 1924-1925, 1929 and 1930-1936, Prime Minister in 1922-1924, 1925-1926, 1929-1930 and 1936-1937, elected President by Electoral college in 1937, resigned in 1940 because of poor health.
5.		Risto Ryti	1889-1956	19 December, 1940 (acting for Kallio from November 27, 1940)	August 4, 1944	National Progressive Party (ED)	Prime Minister in 1939-1940 and during his Presidential term in 1940-1941; elected President by Electoral college in 1940; re-elected in 1943; resigned in 1944
6.		Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim	1867-1951	August 4, 1944	March 8, 1946	Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces / Non-Party	Regent (Interim Head of State) of Finland in 1918-1919; elected President in 1944 by the Parliament; resigned in 1946
7.	File:Paasikivi 1948.jpg	Juho Kusti Paasikivi	1870-1956	March 8, 1946	March 1, 1956	National Coalition Party (KOK)	Prime Minister in 1918 and 1944-1946; elected President by the Parliament in 1946 and re-elected by Electoral college in 1950
8.		Urho Kekkonen	1900-1986	March 1, 1956	January 27, 1982	Agrarian League (ML) /Centre Party (KESK)	Chairman of the Parliament in 1948-1950, Prime Minister in 1950-1953 and 1954-1956, elected President by Electoral college in 1956 and re-elected in 1962, 1968 and in 1978; resigned in 1981 owing to poor health, whereupon Prime Minister Mauno Koivisto became acting President.
9.		Mauno Koivisto	1923-	January 27, 1982 (acting for Kekkonen from September 11, 1981)	March 1, 1994	Social Democratic Party (SDP)	Prime Minister in 1968-1970 and in 1979-1982; elected President by Electoral college in 1982 and re-elected in 1988.
10.		Martti Ahtisaari	1937-	March 1, 1994	March 1, 2000	Social Democratic Party (SDP)	Elected directly as President in 1994
11.	File:Finland.TarjaHolonen.01.jpg	Tarja Halonen	1943-	March 1, 2000	Present	Social Democratic Party (SDP)	Elected as the first female President of Finland in 2000; re-elected in 2006

See also

• Finnish presidential election, 2006
• List of Finnish rulers
• Prime Minister of Finland
• Politics of Finland
• Parliament of Finland
• Government of Finland
• Council of State
• Elections in Finland
• Political parties in Finland
• Lists of incumbents

External links

• Official site
• The Constitution of Finland

• Lists of presidents
• Presidents of Finland
• Politics of Finland